On
7 August 1880, title was transferred to Lindgren's wife, Johanna,
at Chicago. By this time the Nilsson also had a
new master, N.A. Hammer of Evanston, Ill.
While wintering
at Manitowoc in 1881-82, Hanson and Scove installed new
keelsons
and performed much needed maintenance, restoring her BLU insurance
rating to A-2 from B-1, where it had slipped due to her aging
and sailing wear.
The "trader" classification remained unchanged
throughout the vessel's entire career, placing the Nilsson
in the same category as thousands of other Great Lakes
schooners that proved essential to the economic development
of the Great Lakes region.
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